The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-05-26
-:POETRY:-
A Domestic Experiment

,r;c, Of fruit, lie added, "our peach
orchard is going to net us u COOL
hundred dullars'?
As ho spoke, he flung the homo
amin towel with which he hal boon
wiping his hands over the back OF tho
kitchon chair
"Oh. George, do bang MP the tow"
ollr soid Mrs. White. The mil il
;ust as near as tho chair back, and |
have enough steps t. 'ako in tho
course Of the day without waiting
upon you
.Yon are always grumbling about
some,bing," said The young farmer,
,s he islked The towel on to its nail.
"There! Does that snit your
"Here is letter from Cousin
Dora, George said Mrs, White,
wisely avoiding the mocted question
"She wants to mo hero and board
for fcw weeks
"well, let her come!' said White
IT won't cost us great deal, and
little extra money always counts
up at the years end
"But, George, was thinking
"About WHAT
why, am 50 buried with the
work. and thero ia SO mach to do
THAT is tho perpetual burden OF
your song" said NJ Whit9, irrjtabiy'
"Women do beat all for complain
ing"
won't you here mo out'' said
Mrs. White. 80 thought it would
bo good plan to give Dora her
board, if she would help mo with
the houaework little. 1t will &C.
commoda,e her, aud it will accom-
modate me-"
"But it won't accommodate me!
sail Georgs White, cavalieriy
Really Lefty, you are getting abso'
lutely lazy"
Mrs. White crimsoned
mo one ever said that OF me be-
Fore" said she.
"Bnt Just look at it," said the Tar.
mer. Tell me OF any other woman
in the ncighborhood who keeps q
girl Why, they make boast OF do
ing their own work"
They all have sisters, or mothers
or grown daughters; have mono.
"Pahaw." said White "Ridicu-
lous or course you have to work.
We all do, dout we? Bat your
work don't amount to row Of pins.
don't know of any one who has i!
easier than you do"
THAT is all you know about it"
said Lefty, in chokod voice.
"Write TO Dora that well board
her for FIVE dollars week" said
White, authoritively. 1--WE must
earn all the money we can while
thore is chance. Make hay while
the sun shines, chi And l guess
you'll manage to get along as wei
as other women do, Lofty. Now
run up stairs into the garret, ant
get me my blue jean overalls, there's
agood grill"
Lofty obeyed, but the tears wore
in honeyos, and a big, round bal
was rising up in her throat, aud she
could hardly see the jean overalls,
as they hung mp high on one OF tho
beams.
AS she reached up; loose board
in the garret floor tipped; her foo
slipped through on the lath and
plaster below, and, with groan, sh'
sank to the floor.
The time passed on, and Georgt
White grew tired OF waiting.
He shouted up the garret stair
way:
Look alive there, Lefty! Do yol
mean to be oil day?
But no answer came. He ran al
stairs, to fud Lefty lying senseles'
on the floor, with one leg broken
Just above the ankle.
"Now you'll have 10 get somo on
10 do the work." said Lefty, no
without spice of malice, as she la.
On tue calico. covered settee, wit
her poor ankle duly set aud bandag
ed.
mot II know it," said Georg
White. Hire lazy woman Who'll
want dollar aud half week, au
her board into the bargain, to do tb
work OF this houser guess DotH'
But what are you going to doi'
asked Lefty.
ITO do II myself, to-be,sure